that mitt romney has managed by virtue of his debate performance and augmented by his speech today, in which he certainly looked presidential in a presidential setting and spoke that some authority of foreign policy issues -- mitt romney may be getting to look like a series canada. the challenger to a sitting president -- he may have a lot of help from that conditions in the country in the eyes of the public, but he needs to pass the tests himself. one of the tests is am i acceptable as a plausible president myself. it seems to me that the debate may have created that image in the minds of the public. that is so, his chances have greatly improved. lou: brit hume. we will have much more on the romney campaign's resurgence. we will have much more about that with the "a-team" coming up this hour and a great deal more. >> china is a threat for national security? the house intelligence committee awakening to a red storm rising. american companies not to work with two leading telecoms from china. shannon bream is here with a report on red storm rising. and a rising star in the republican par